Human rights in ancient Rome /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bauman, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2011.
Temas:
Civil rights > Rome.
Human rights > Rome.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Rome.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights.
Human rights.
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • `Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto'
  • The meaning of `human rights'
  • Questions of terminology
  • The enforcement of human rights
  • Structure and scope
  • Evaluation
  • 2. Human rights: the Greek experience
  • Preamble: the meaning of philanthropia
  • Philanthropia: the Athenian model
  • Philanthropia: the defining moments
  • The Hellenistic period
  • Evaluation
  • 3. Humanitas Romana
  • Preamble: the meanings of humanitas
  • The concept of humanitas Romana
  • Humanitas Romana: a first appraisal
  • The role of Panaetius
  • The debut of the word `humanitas'
  • Humanus: Terence and universalism
  • Evaluation
  • 4. Human rights prior to Humanitas Romana
  • Preamble
  • Early Rome: ius humanum
  • The Scipionic age: humanitas and maiestas
  • The Scipionic age: philanthropia
  • The Scipionic age: domestic humanitas
  • Primacy in humanitas: rival contenders
  • Evaluation
  • 5. Human rights in the Late Republic: Cicero.
  • Contents note continued: Preamble
  • Cicero and universalism
  • Humanitas and punishment: the death sentence
  • Humanitas and punishment: exile
  • Humanitas and the law
  • Evaluation
  • 6. Human rights in the Late Republic: curbs on ill-treatment
  • Preamble
  • Maiestas, morality and humanitas
  • Curbs on rapacity: early attempts
  • Statutory relief for non-Romans: the lex Calpurnia
  • The problem of mass enslavement
  • Additional statutory relief: repetundae and maiestas
  • Evaluation
  • 7. The new image of Humanitas: part one
  • Preamble
  • Humanitas and clementia: Augustus and Tiberius
  • Humanitas and clementia: Seneca
  • Humanitas and clementia: Flavians, Antonines, Severans
  • Clementia Caesaris: Julius Caesar
  • Clementia Caesaris: Augustus and Tiberius
  • Clementia Caesaris: Seneca and Nero
  • Clementia Caesaris: Domitian to Alexander
  • Evaluation
  • 8. The new image of Humanitas: part two
  • Curbs on rapacity: jurisdiction
  • Curbs on rapacity: some cases.
  • Contents note continued: Universalism: the merits
  • Universalism: the demerits
  • Freedom of speech
  • Social welfare: the alimenta
  • Evaluation
  • 9. Man's inhumanity to man
  • Preamble
  • Genocide
  • Slavery
  • Racial prejudice
  • Death at the games
  • 10. Conclusion.

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